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Leafs prepping for battle, not taking meeting with Panthers lightly
After losing two in a row on the road, the Toronto Maple Leafs hope to regain their winning form Tuesday night at home when they play the Florida Panthers.
The Maple Leafs lost to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday before falling to the Boston Bruins on Saturday and have a healthy respect for the Panthers, who have struggled at times this season.
The Panthers appear to be finding their way after opening a three-game road trip with a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
The Maple Leafs lost 4-3 to the Bruins on a goal late in the third period, but Keefe was pleased with some aspects of his team’s game.
Keefe also has some concerns about a flu virus that has hit some members of the team.
Forward Pontus Holmberg and defenseman Rasmus Sandin did not practice Monday because of that very illness.
Forwards Auston Matthews and Bobby McMann also were ill last week on the road.
The absentees had Keefe juggling lines and defensive pairings for the Panthers.
Defensemen Morgan Rielly and Conor Timmins, who had a difficult game on Saturday, were split up in part because of Sandin’s condition. Rielly was with Timothy Liljegren and Timmins worked with Jordie Benn.
Toronto also announced Monday that forward Nicholas Robertson has had season-ending shoulder surgery.
At Buffalo, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the Panthers, who have won five of their past seven games.
Bobrovsky has had most of the work in goal for the Panthers recently.
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Forwards
Michael Bunting – Auston Matthews – William Nylander
Calle Jarnkrok – John Tavares – Mitchell Marner
Bobby McMann – David Kampf – Pierre Engvall
Zach Aston-Reese – Alexander Kerfoot – Dryden Hunt
Defencemen
Morgan Rielly – Timothy Liljegren
Mark Giordano – Justin Holl
Jordie Benn – Conor Timmins
Goalies
Matt Murray
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Wayne Simmonds
Injured: Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), TJ Brodie (rib), Rasmus Sandin (illness), Pontus Holmberg (illness)
Panthers projected lineup
Forwards
Anton Lundell – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk
Grigori Denisenko – Eetu Luostarinen – Nick Cousins
Ryan Lomberg – Eric Staal – Givani Smith
Defencemen
Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal – Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura – Radko Gudas
Goalies
Sergei Bobrovsky
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Casey Fitzgerald, Chris Tierney, Colin White
Injured: Anthony Duclair (achilles), Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Spencer Knight (undisclosed)
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